The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-12
ONE CENT PAPERS OF PARIS.
system of Newspaper Distribution m
the French CapitnI-Ihe kiOsque-.

system of Newspaper Distribution in
the French CapitaI-The Ki"sque--
The publishers of one cent papers have
naturally wished the intermcdiarit- and
news accents to bear their share III the IN
creased expenses due To the aECnenta-
tiol Of the. size. The small four column
one cent paper used To b. sold at sixty
eight cents hundreds; the five column
enlarged one cent paper Is SOLD ut seventy
four cents hundred. This new tariff
h,- provoked much di~content among
TIL. Intermediates. who demand DIM
mutton instead of an increase of the
wholesale price.
The manufacture and sale of reading
matter being subject which Interests
more. or less everybody who can read l
NAV perhaps lie allowed To enter INTO
some. detail ON the system of newspaper
distribution in Paris Some OF the papers
have "A sale department and carriers Of
their own: but the majority deal with
Intermediates. who have special squads
| Of carriers for each journal and for each
| district. These carriers distribute the
| Journals in the kiosques and in the shops
| of the news vendors. settling accounts
| each day and taking back the unsoll
| numbers. Another special category OF
| nrwSpapcr sellers are the ''CamelOts. cr
| hawkers. who cry papers i'll the street.
| There, arr, some 800 sellers of this kind,
who howl sensational news. and who
| buy later editions of second class papers,
| which. for the sake of advertising. are
| sold To- them at from twenty to thirty
| cents a hundred out and out. 10 account
being taken of unSold copies.
| Besides thu. -.cameIots' there are nearly
4 600 PERSONS who sell newspapers in
! Paris. mostly booksellers, statinners.
sellers of fried POTATOES or of roasted
chestnutS, and milk dealers, who com
| bine news vending with their other bust
| Ness Out of this number there are "a :
vendors who occupy kiosiues ON the boule-
| wards and 100 who occupy wopien booths
| placed ON the sidewalk These booths
pay IA ground rent of six francs a yeaI t.
the municipality. and a rent Of six frames
IA month tn the contractor who Owns TIN.
material. The kiosqueS. built originally
by private company. have now become
the property of the municipality of Paris,
which has leased them for seven years To
an advertising contractor at an annual
rental of SIS, 2J0. This contractor makes
his profit by selling the advertising space,
and he Is allowed to exact. from the news
| ventIer.5 who occupy the Mosques. 4
rental Of from 81 To - a month, accord
ing to the situation. For instance, the
Mosques opposite the Grand hotel. where
you can buy American, Russian. Italian,
Hungarian, German and other foreign
papers, are all let at s. "A month. The
tenants of the kiOsIues are appointed III
turn by the prefecture If the department
of the Seine AMI 10y the prefecture OF
police; for, like the tobacco shops. the
newspaper Mosques are reserved. in lieu
of pensions, for the widows of public
employees or of soldiers. The privilege oi
"A kiOsque IL very much coveted. am
there are always 5000 or 5000 demand:
Inscribed. The average number of vacan
cics is twenty-five year--Paris Cor
| New York sun.